The ASGE Golden Scope

The Golden Scope Championship is a fun and exciting game in which 1st and 2nd year fellows in-training compete for honor and prizes!

CONGRATULATIONS AND BRAVO to the Top 12 Teams participating in Golden Scope 2024

Advent Health, Orlando, FL

Training Director: Mariam Naveed, MD
Team Captain: Aimen Farooq (1st Year Fellow)
Teammates: Baha Alfeen Bani Fawwaz (1st Year Fellow) and Sanjeevani Tomar (1st Year Fellow)

ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville, NC

Training Director: Kara Regan, MD
Team Captain: Zarak Khan (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: MaryKate Kratzer (2nd Year Fellow) and Hassam Ali (1st Year Fellow)

Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY

Training Director: Joan Culpepper
Team Captain: Mohamed Osman (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Daniyal Abbas (1st Year Fellow) and Kesiena Akpoigbe (2nd Year Fellow)

Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade d, São Paulo, Brazil

Training Director: Alexandre Moraes Bestetti
Team Captain: Matheus Carvalho (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Luiza Oliveira (2nd Year Fellow) and Paulo Mega (2nd Year Fellow)

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Training Director: Puja Elias, MD
Team Captain: Hampton Sasser (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Jake Wilson (2nd Year Fellow) and Romik Srivastava (2nd Year Fellow)

Singapore General Hospital, Singhealth, Singapore

Training Director: Andrew Ong, MD
Team Captain: Tian Yu Qiu (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Samantha Koh (2nd Year Fellow) and Elizabeth Chen (2nd Year Fellow)

UMass Chan - Baystate Medical Center

Training Director: Yesenia Greeff, MD
Team Captain: Syed Hamza Sohail (1st Year Fellow)
Teammates: Tiago Martins (2nd Year Fellow) and Tushaar Shrimanker (1st Year Fellow)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA

Training Director: Lin Chang, MD
Team Captain: Firas Bahdi (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Philip Kozan (2nd Year Fellow) and Selena Zhou (2nd Year Fellow)

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA

Training Director: Adrian Holm, MD
Team Captain: Melis Celdir (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Joseph Brant (2nd Year Fellow) and Ruchi Sharma (1st Year Fellow)

University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Training Director: Ghassan Hammoud, MD
Team Captain: Mahmoud Mansour (1st Year Fellow)
Teammates: Ghady Moafa (2nd Year Fellow) and Abdul Mounaem Majzoub (2nd Year Fellow)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Training Director: Millie Long, MD
Team Captain: Brandon Shore (1st Year Fellow)
Teammates: Brahma Natarajan (2nd Year Fellow) and Trevor Barlowe (2nd Year Fellow)

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Training Director: Christopher Chang, MD
Team Captain: David Jarava (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Roula Sasso (2nd Year Fellow) and Rajiv Heda (1st Year Fellow)

Competition Timeline

Sep '24

September 13-14, 2024 (Live at ASGE IT&T in Downers Grove, IL) – SEMI-FINALS & CHAMPIONSHIP:
The top twelve teams will come together at ASGE’s IT&T Center in Downers Grove, IL for an in-person semi-final competitive round. Semi-finals will include both game play and hands-on challenges. All team members will be able to participate in ASGE’s Senior Fellows Program on Saturday, September 14, 2024-Sunday, September 15, 2024. The Final Championship of the top three teams will be determined and announced at a reception on Friday evening. The Final three teams will compete in a live Final Championship Jeopardy style format on Saturday, September 14, 2024.

Prizes

Semi-Final Prize

All twelve teams and their training director will receive full access to GI Leap for a 12-month period in recognition of their accomplishment of making it to the Semi-Final stage of the competition.

All twelve teams will have a travel stipend to participate which will cover airfare and transportation as well as 2 nights at the Westin Chicago Lombard.

Grand Prize

Final three winning teams will receive a cash prize that goes to the training director to distribute how they desire.

1st Place Winner: $5,000
2nd Place Winner: $2,500
3rd Place Winner: $1,250

This event is sponsored by:

Contact Michelle Thomas at mthomas@asge.org with questions about ASGE’s 2024 Golden Scope competition.